䴦

䴦 U+4D26, 䴦 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4D26 ← 䴥 [U+4D25] CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A 䴧 → [U+4D27]

Translingual

Han character

䴦 (Kangxi radical 198, 鹿+7, 18 strokes, cangjie input 戈心卜一口 (IPYMR), composition ⿸鹿言)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1510, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4731, character 12
• Unihan data for U+4D26
• Classic of Mountains and Seas at ctext.org

Chinese

simp. and trad.		䴦

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yín (yin²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngaan⁴, ngai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yín
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yín
    • Wade–Giles: yin²
    • Yale: yín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yn
    • Palladius: инь (inʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngaan⁴, ngai⁴
    • Yale: ngàahn, ngàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngaan⁴, ngai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngan⁴, ngei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋaːn²¹/, /ŋɐi̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: ngin, ngj+n

Rime
Character	䴦	䴦
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	眞 (44)	欣 (57)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	語巾切	語斤切
Baxter	ngin	ngj+n
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋˠiɪn/	/ŋɨn/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋᵚin/	/ŋɨn/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋien/	/ŋiən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋjin/	/ŋɨn/
Li Rong	/ŋjĕn/	/ŋiən/
Wang Li	/ŋǐĕn/	/ŋĭən/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋi̯ĕn/	/ŋi̯ən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yín	yín
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngan4	ngan4

Definitions

䴦

1. (mythology) a legendary animal resembling a raccoon dog and with eyes like those of human beings (from the Classic of Mountains and Seas or Shan Hai Jing)